Patents by Inventor William C. Guske

William C. Guske has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and device for automatically coupling a combine feeder interface and a combine header
    Patent number: 7552578
    Abstract: An automatic latch assembly for coupling a combine feeder and combine header, said latch comprising a slidable gearbox and a telescopic jack shaft assembly extending therefrom, a hydraulic activation assembly, and spring-loaded couplers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventor: William C. Guske
  • Method and device for automatically coupling a combine feeder interface and a combine header
    Publication number: 20080006014
    Abstract: An automatic latch assembly for coupling a combine feeder and combine header, said latch comprising a slidable gearbox and a telescopic jack shaft assembly extending therefrom, a hydraulic activation assembly, and spring-loaded couplers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventor: William C. Guske
  • Feed conveyor/rock trap and header drive for an agricultural combine
    Patent number: 6705067
    Abstract: A rotatable drive for a feeder and a header of an agricultural combine for drivingly connecting spaced rotatable elements on the feeder and the header to a rotatable power source on a chassis of the combine, the feeder and the header being jointly mounted to the chassis for pivotal movement relative thereto about a predetermined pivotal axis through a predetermined range of harvesting positions. The drive includes a first gear box mounted on the feeder for pivotal movement therewith and including a rotatable input, a first rotatable output rotatably connected to the input and to at least one of the rotatable elements, and a second rotatable output rotatably connected to the input. The drive includes a second gear box mounted on the feeder and having a rotatable input rotatably connected by a drive shaft to the second output of the first gear box and at least one rotatable output connected to another of the rotatable elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Case Corporation
    Inventors: Jay D. Schroeder, William C. Guske
  • FEED CONVEYOR/ROCK TRAP AND HEADER DRIVE FOR AN AGRICULTURAL COMBINE
    Publication number: 20040014510
    Abstract: A rotatable drive for a feeder and a header of an agricultural combine for drivingly connecting spaced rotatable elements on the feeder and the header to a rotatable power source on a chassis of the combine, the feeder and the header being jointly mounted to the chassis for pivotal movement relative thereto about a predetermined pivotal axis through a predetermined range of harvesting positions. The drive includes a first gear box mounted on the feeder for pivotal movement therewith and including a rotatable input, a first rotatable output rotatably connected to the input and to at least one of the rotatable elements, and a second rotatable output rotatably connected to the input. The drive includes a second gear box mounted on the feeder and having a rotatable input rotatably connected by a drive shaft to the second output of the first gear box and at least one rotatable output connected to another of the rotatable elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Jay D. Schroeder, William C. Guske